#165A46#165A46

#165A46 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.075 H 169.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165A46
RGB	rgb(22, 90, 70)
HSL	hsl(162, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(162, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 22.2%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, -26.27, 5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 26.86, 168.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% -0.0732 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.075 169)
XYZ	xyz(5.0920, 7.9245, 7.0544)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165A46 #5A162A

analogous

#165A24 #165A46 #164C5A

triadic

#165A46 #46165A #5A4616

tetradic

#165A46 #24165A #5A162A #4C5A16

square

#165A46 #24165A #5A162A #4C5A16

split-complementary

#165A46 #5A164C #5A2416

monochromatic

#061913 #0A2920 #165A46 #228B6C #2EBC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#165A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#165A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165A46

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165A46	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 90, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.075 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8979',
    500: '#165a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165a46;
$custom-light: #5e8979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42022,
    "c": 0.07458,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.07925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165A46

secondary

#913B54

accent

#4473E4

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050B09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #165A46

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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